Health Lessons from the Amazon
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The morning after I picked up my discharge papers from the Marine Corps, I boarded a plane bound for Peru. After 4
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Do You Breathe Wrong?
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“Don’t forget to breathe, girls!” Growing up I took dance lessons from Dancey Nancy, the only dance teacher in our small, rural
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Pink, Yellow or Blue? Which Low-Calorie Sweetener Are You?!I’m sure somewhere in a women’s magazine there is a quiz that associates the
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If you are like me, you unnecessarily worry about things completely out of your control like untreatable illness (amongst many other things
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In the ER … Again! Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
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“You really shouldn’t be doing this,” the ER doctor informs me. As if I have any control over my body and its
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In Search of the Female Orgasm
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My family does not talk about sex. In fact, I can only pray that my mother doesn’t happen to get on Facebook,
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From Anorexia to Athlete
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Recently, I had a conversation with some girlfriends about working out and specifically doing push-ups. One friend invited us to do a
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The Instant Menstrual Cycle
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My uterus decided to end her 6-month vacation yesterday. This is nothing new; I’ve never had regular periods and have tried nearly
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